River Crake

River Crake

PUT-INS/ TAKE-OUTS: This is a 'source to sea' trip!
Water levels are quite reliable as it's lake fed, Grade 2 and easy grade 3. (The grade 3 is hard to inspect or portage.)

Start on Coniston Water and head down the lake until it becomes the river!
Put in at Blawith Common (signposted on the road up the lake, lay-by beside the road) and portage a few hundred yards down to the Lake. There is a car park beside the Lake nearer Torver, but this involves a longer paddle along the lake. The carpark at Brown Howe is now a pay and display!!! Makes the 5 minute carry from Blawith Common a little more attractive!'
Takeout at Spark Bridge or at Greenodd Petrol Station where the Crake reaches the sea. Ask permission for parking at the latter spot.

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